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The light of truth is being spread all over the world quickly according to the prophecy at this age of the Holy Spirit. On November 12, 'Overseas Mission Departure Ceremony was held on the ground of Okcheon Training Institute. All the participants proclaimed their will to perform the overseas mission and complete the gospel work that Christ has entrusted to us.

About 8,000 pastors and fellow workers of the Church of God attended this event. They pledged that they would pass on the love and sacrifice of Christ to all people who do not know the truth, following the will of God that is written in the last page of the book of Matthew. The ceremony was a foundation for completing the last prophecy and a expression of resolution of the last gospel workers. Even though the temperature dropped a lot, their passion to spread the glory of God to the whole world wouldn't cool down at all.

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During the worship, Mother blessed them, "All the prophets who are determined to go overseas for the gospel! Go with the words of God, overcome all the difficulties and win all the time like the Apostle Paul. Be the children who accomplish all the commands from God," and She prayed Father to allow wisdom and understanding to the workers who labor day and night to preach the love of Christ, so that they could carry out the last mission successfully.

The General Pastor Joo Cheol Kim preached, "What pleases God is to find the lost brothers and sisters and complete the gospel work. Let's unload the burden from the shoulders of Mother by preaching the news of life, by blowing the trumpet of gospel loudly to the whole world."

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During the ceremony, the representatives of 6 continents who came onto the stage after the standard-bearers, read written oaths. Each representative showed a firm will, "We will complete the last prophecy of the Bible by tying the global village with the truth." All the participants, who were given a balloon of each color that represents each continent, let loose the balloons, pledging that they would do their best to be a help to the overseas gospel work, remaining faithful in their present situations, too.

Pleasing God who is our heavenly Parents does not lie in a big and large scaled thing. We can please God when we are trustworthy in a small matter. If seeking the lost brothers and sisters is how to please God, first we are to be faithful with very little, and the members who have been trusted with the overseas mission are to spread out the gospel, arming with faith, conviction and frontier spirit full of passion.

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Until the middle of November, the number of the members who volunteered to go overseas for the gospel at their own expense reaches 1081. Both the members who were firmly determined to blow the trumpet of the glad tidings of salvation to all over the world as an Apostle Paul in the age of the Holy Spirit, and the members who resolved to support the overseas mission with doing the gospel hard in their own country Korea were all filled with the passion to take part in the accomplishment of the gospel of God.

"Here am I." This reporter expect the volunteers to be the warriors of truth who can unload the burden from the shoulders of God by preaching the news of salvation and the love of Christ to all nations and by singing the song of victory wherever they go.